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Meeting was devoted to the government surveillance program and what the execs called an urgent need to reform them. they urged the president to move aggressively when it comes to reining in the nations spy programs. and president obama is sending a loud and clear message to russia about its treatment of gays and lesbians. tennis legend billie jean king will be one of two openly gay athletes in the u.s. delegation for the opening and closing ceremonies. for the first time since 2000, the u.s. w...

National security agency. the nsa. the one that insisted last night on television it is doing everything it can for us and not taking our phone calls. well, ahead, what this brand new decision against the nsa means for some spy programs, and the white house responds to the idea of offering a deal to the leaker, edward snowden. plus, stocks have been soaring to record highs lately. theres a new poll that shows a lot of us americans have low expectations for the new year. well talk about how you c...

Former nsa contractor edward snowden is making new headlines months after he leaked documents about the governments classified spy programs. canadian broadcasting quoted new nsa documents linked to snowden that show how the u.s. spied on world leaders three years ago on canadian soil during the g-20 summit in ottawa. in a separate report, the "huffington post" sites more snowden documents, this time, tracking important website visits in hopes of gathering evidence to damage their reputation. let...

Really a matter of days after the u.s. government was forced to defend itself, there are new revelations and reports about spy programs carried out by great britain and brazil. documents leaked by edward snowden showed that an agency is open rating in germany. in berlin, not far from the seat of power and criticizing the u.s. for spying on her, the brazilian government now admits it spied on the u.s. and some of its interests. christiane amanpour joins me now live from new york. so, i suppose yo...

Unclear because they want to have maybe the eu be involved. those are 2 members. i think the u.s. wants to keep its the prerogatives on its surveilance activities but clearly, there are going to be some very intense discussions with the germans and french about the boundaries of intelligence and what it really means to be that close ally that you say you are. you cant do that on world leaders. thats the message that theyre sending >> exactly. keeping a close eye on the friends. elie lab bot at t...

Plus, you could save hundreds when you switch -- up to $423. call... today. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. whats your policy? welcome back, everybody, to "around the world." im hala gorani. >> and a special welcome of course, to our international viewers joining us on "around the world" all this week. im michael holmes. >> the directors of national intelligence and the nsa began testifying on capitol hill about an hour from now at 1:30 p.m. facing some questions about u.s. surveilan...

Community. and then in the hospital are the really, really serious super bugs. so it is a frightening concept and i think the most important take-home message for people today, like you said, if you have a flu or a cold, dont come in. tough it out with sniffles unless youre seriously ill, having trouble breathing, things like that. and dont demand antiobiotics and i think as doctors, we have to not give in to people and say, look. you dont have a bacterial infection. you dont need antiobiotics. ...

Kate. >> all right. much more follow up on this. the question is intent. whereas he really tampering with it? lots of questions. thanks so much. coming up next on "new day," startingrling reports on the scale of the national security spy programs. how far did they go and when did the president find out about them? our political gut check is coming up. >> controversy at the world series. two games in a row settled by bizarre plays. one a call by the umpire may never have been made before t. contr...

The u.s. may need to put more limits on tower countrys spy programs. you income thats the word from the white house today following a bashlash over reports the national security agency has tracked phone calls of dozens of world leaders. >> we recognize there need to be additional constraints how we gather and use intelligence. and its in the context of this dynamic technology environment that the president has directed us to review our surveillance capabilities. >> one report from a german tablo...

Target or group of targets, that intelligence capability is enormously important to the united states, through our conduct of foreign policy to the defense matters, to economic matters, and im a strong supporter of it. >> of all of it? >> im a strong supporter of our generic capability to collect intelligence. i dont want to comment on any one particular controversy or piece of the programs. >> the white house says that president obama did not know about these spy programs on specific world lead...